Box for holding and displaying tapes.



J. A. ADAMSON. BOX FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING TAPES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1909.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

NE STATES ron.

BOX FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING TAPES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 2, 1909.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 499,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPI-I ARTHUR ADAMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Boxes for Holding and Displaying Tapes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in boxes for holding tapes, and preferably tapes of different widths.

The main object of my invention is to so construct the box that rolls of tape within the box can be readily inspected without removing them; and a further object is to so arrange the box that any one of a series of {)apes can be unrolled without opening the In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved tape box showing the rolls of tape therein; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view; Fig. 3, is a view showing one end of the tape box open, illustratingone method of making the box; and Fig. 4, is a view of the box blank.

The box is rectangular in cross section, as shown in the drawing, and the blank is made up of four sections a, b, 0, (Z, forming the four sides of the box. The section a has a projection a with a lip cf; the section b has projections b and 6 one at each end; the section 0 has a projection c and a lip 0 and the section 0? has projections d and 612, one at each end, as shown. These projections form the ends of the box and are tucked in in the ordinary manner common to boxes of this type.

In the section Z2 is a slot 2'. This slot extends preferably the full length of the box and is of sufiicient width to allow any one of the tapes A within the box to be drawn out through the opening, and it is also of Suficient width to allow a person to examine the tapes through the opening to ascertain which width is desired. By this arrangement each roll of tape is kept intact within the box and is not liable to become soiled or unwound.

The tapes may be rolled into circular form and placed in the box from one end, and where they are wound simultaneously upon a machine I preferably slot the end I) at '21; being a continuation of the slot 2' in the body portion, so that when the proper amount of tape is wound on the spindle the box can be opened at one end, as shown in Fig. 3, and slipped over the rolls of tape, the ends of the tape projecting through the slot 2', after which the several tapes can be out, as it is preferable in machines of this kind to fasten the tape to another spindle before cutting them loose from the first spindle.

By the above construction it will be seen that I make a very handy box which will keep the several rolls of tape intact, and from which any width of tape can be readily withdrawn without interfering with the other tapes of the series.

I claim A box forholding tapes made of a single piece of material and having four sections folded so as to form a quadrangular box, two of said sections having projections at each end and two of the sections having a projection at one end and a lip, and one of the sections being slotted throughout its length.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH ARTHUR ADAMSON.

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